Button-fastening



(No Model.)

G. W. FISH. V BUTTON FASTENING.

Patenited Apr. 1, 1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE VVL OF PEGATONICA, ILLINOIS.

BUTTON-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,155, dated April 1, 18184.

Application filed September 29, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. FIsH, a citizen of the United States, residing in Pecatonica, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Button-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fixing to boxes and packages samples of the goods contained therein; and it consists of a metallic fastening, produced in spider or star form preferably from suitable plate material, having arms to enter or pass through the walls of the package and clinch or bend on its inner face to fix duced from paper or other suitable material,

. the center of the button fixed in place.

substantially such as are employed to contain cards of buttons. Fig. 2 is a card of buttons. Fig. 3 is a spider or star formed metallic fastening.- Fig. 4 is a central section cut through Fig. 5 is an inner face view, showing the bent or clinched ends of the spider-arms.

In the figures, A represents the metallic fastening, which is produced from plate material in spider or star form, in this instance consisting of a center, a, of circular form in plan.- From this circular center radiate pointed arms b, ofany suitable length or width.

Ate are represented other pointed arms, which radiate from the circular center (0.011 the sides thereof opposite the longer arms b. These arms, in this instance, are of a less length than the arms b. The circular center a of this spider is produced with an elongated the manner shown in Figs. 4 and 5. After this spider is fixed in position, the button B is then placed centrally over the central portion, a, of the spider, and the pointed arms portion of the button, which serves to fix it in place, as shown in Fig. 1. I

In the'employment of my improved fastening for buttons having an eye-loop projecting from their under face, the eye-loop is passed through the central elongated opening, d, as shown in Fig. 4, -after which the pointed arms are bent upward over the outer edge portion of the button in the same manner as herei'nbefore described, and shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

At 0 is represented a card, to which the buttons e are fixed by means of my improved fastening.

In the foregoing I have shown and described my improvement in connection with buttons, and with button packages, boxes, or cards, to which it is especially adapted, but do not wish to confine its use to this particular purpose, as it is evident that it is capable of use in fixing samples of various kinds of goodsto the boxes, cases, packages, or parcels containing them, or to fix the goods to cards. The application of my improved fastening extends through an almost endless variety of light and valuable trinkets, including flowers- -natural or artificial-jewelry, mathematical, surgical, dental, or artificers instru ments, light and fancy cutlery, including light thereof are then bent upward over the edge articles in hardware, and also articles useful and ornamental in perhapsmost of the known arts.

In preparing boxes, cases, cards, or other articles to contain goods with samples fixed thereto, or the goods fixed in place thereon, the fastenings are usually fixed to the boxes, cases, cards, or other articles in their manufacture, and the boxes, cases, packages, or other articles are furnished to the trade with the fasteners in place thereon; but the fasteners are also to be furnished to the trade in all suitable varieties.

I claim as my invention The herein-described button-fastening, of spider or star form, having the central opening, and the long and short radiating arms for 

